| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| suis |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of être | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of suivre | |
| 3. v. second-person singular present indicative of suivre | |
| suivre |
| 1. v. to follow (literal sense) | |
| Je t'invite à me suivre. - I invite you to follow me. | |
| 2. v. to follow; to get (figurative sense; to understand what someone is saying) | |
| Il nous faut travailler dur. Tu me suis ? - We have to work hard. Do you get me? | |
| 3. v. to take (a course or a class) | |
| Ma sœur suit un cours d'italien. - My sister is taking an Italian course. | |
| être |
| 1. v. to be | |
| Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) | |
| Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. | |
| 3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) | |
| Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening. | |
| 4. n-m. being, creature | |
| 5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence | |
| chaud |
| 1. adj. warm, hot | |
| Attention, la poêle est chaude ! - Be careful; the pan is hot! | |
| 2. adj. (slang) horny, randy (showing interest in sexual activity) | |
| Cette meuf est chaude ! - That chick's horny as hell! | |
| 3. adj. (slang) enthusiastic, willing, up for | |
| T'es sûr que tu veux y aller ? Je suis vraiment pas chaud, perso ! - Are you sure you wanna go? I'm not really up for it, personally. | |
| 4. adj. (slang) hard | |
| Ça va être chaud de finir ça d'ici demain, je crois pas que j'aurai le temps... - Finishing that on time is gonna be hard, I don't think I'll have enough time... | |
| 5. adj. (slang) risky, dangerous, disreputable, dodgy | |
| Il vaut mieux éviter cette partie de la ville, ces quartiers sont chauds. - It's better to avoid that part of the city; those neighborhoods are sketchy. | |
| 6. n-m. heat, warmth | |
| pour |
| 1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun) | |
| J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you. | |
| 2. prep. for (in support of) | |
| Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him? | |
| 3. prep. for (as a consequence for) | |
| Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes. | |
| 4. prep. for (an intended destination) | |
| Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London. | |
| 5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive) | |
| Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back. | |
| 6. prep. for, to (according to) | |
| Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic. | |
| venir |
| 1. v. to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker) | |
| Viens vivre avec moi en France. - Come live with me in France. | |
| voir |
| 1. v. to see (visually) | |
| Je vois ma mère là-bas. - I see my mother over there. | |
| On ne voit pas souvent de la neige par ici. - One doesn't often see snow around here. | |
| 2. v. to see (to understand) | |
| Tu vois que tu avais tort ? - Do you see that you were wrong? | |
| 3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see) | |
| 4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative) | |
| Viens voir ici. - Come here please. | |
| Le |
| 1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
| 2. art. the (definite article) | |
| Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
| 3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
| L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
| 4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
| Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
| 5. art. (before units) a, an | |
| Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
| 6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
| Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
| Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
| 7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
| Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
| match |
| 1. n-m. (sports) match, game | |
| chez |
| 1. prep. to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of | |
| 2. prep. , translation=I go into where the two of you live, because it was my place, when it was our place (...) | |
| 3. prep. , lit=I enter your place, as it was my place, (etc.) | |
| chez moi - at my house | |
| chez lui - at his house | |
| chez Françoise - at Françoise’s | |
| chez le dentiste - at the dentist | |
| chez l'avocat - at the lawyer's office | |
| 4. prep. by extension, to, at or in the country of | |
| une spécialité bien de chez nous - a true specialty of our country | |
| rentrer chez soi - to return to one's country | |
| 5. prep. in; among (a group of things or people of the same type) | |
| Cette maladie se voit souvent chez les chiens. - This illness is often seen among dogs. | |
| le TDAH chez l'adulte - ADHD in adults | |
| 6. prep. in the work of (an author or artist) | |
| C'est un thème très important chez Baudelaire. - That is a very important theme in Baudelaire's work. | |
| le symbolisme des couleurs chez Picasso - color symbolism in Picasso's work | |
| toi |
| 1. pron. you (informal second-person singular personal pronoun) | |
| J'ai besoin de toi. - I need you | |
| Et toi, ça va comment ? - And you, how are you? | |
| Souviens-toi de ce qui est vraiment important. - Remember what is really important. | |
| Attends, tu m'as dit qu'il y a dans cette maison plus de deux-cents livres. Est-ce qu'ils sont tous à toi ? - Wait, you told me that there are more than two hundred books in this house. Are the | |
| Toi, t'es quelque chose de différent. - You are something different. | |
